Lorenzo Brown

Karl-Anthony Towns, the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, scored 12 points in his professional debut Friday night to help the Minnesota Timberwolves to an 81-68 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers and No. 2 pick D'Angelo Russell in the NBA Summer League. Russell finished with eight points. Towns said he was nervous when he came out of the locker room at UNLV's Thomas and Mack Center, and made his way down the venue's famous tunnel, decorated with murals of past Runnin' Rebel greats. "He really settled down into a good comfort zone, the guys calmed him down and made him feel comfortable with everything and really that's him being a savvy kid," Timberwolves...

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